Behind These Barres
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  • Reads 33
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  • Parts 2
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Ongoing, First published Aug 13, 2015
Lucy Graham took her first steps in ballet slippers. 
She was born a natural dancer, like her mother the infamous ballet dancer, Ophelia Graham. 
She was a perfect dancer, perfect pirouettes , fabulous fouettes, and graceful leaps.
The pressure of being her psycho-of-a-mothers prodigy is on, 
when she is accepted into the most elite dance school in the states.
Can Lucy take on the pressure of will she be one of the many to drop out?
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